The House Education Policy Committee today gave a favorable report to HB 84, known as the Local Control School Flexibility Act. Sponsored by Rep. Chad Fincher, R-Mobile, the bill would provide local school systems the ability to request more flexibility from certain state statutes, policies and regulations in order to …

Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard kicked off the 2013 legislative session on Tuesday (Feb. 5) by briefing the Business Council of Alabama’s Governmental Affairs Committee. Hubbard, R-Auburn, said the House in 2012 pushed a job-creation, job-growth agenda along with resisting certain mandates from Washington, D.C. “We have in the Legislature …

When the 2013 regular session of the Alabama Legislature convenes tomorrow, the Business Council of Alabama will be vigorously engaged on a number of issues from economic development to healthcare regulations to property rights and others. But perhaps no issue demands our lawmakers’ attention more than public education.  Many may …